Sheet-metal box.



M. KAMENSTEIN.

* SHEET METAL BOX.

APPLICATION r1121) r2114, 1911.

1,000,179 Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

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MYER KAMENSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SI-IEET-IMETAL BOX.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MYER KAMENSTEIN, a citizen of Russia, residing atNew York city, county and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved Sheet-Metal Box, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a sheet metal box of the class designed forthe reception of bread, cakes and similar articles.

The invention has for its object more particularly to simplify theconstruction of the box, by facilitating the assemblage of its parts,which are united and interlocked in a novel and eflicient manner.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sheetmetal box embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a detail showing theconnection of one of the box sides with one of the rails, and Fig. 3 anenlarged cross section on line 3-3, Fig. 1.

The front 10 of the box is shorter than the back 11, and the top 12 isshorter than the bottom 13, so that an opening is formed between theforward edge of the top and the upper edge of the front.

The sides 14 of the box have an upper flange 15, and a front flange 16,said flanges corresponding in length to the depth of top 12 and heightof front 10 respectively. Be tween the flanges 15, 16, sides 14 arenotched and provided with a curved edge 17 which is thus sunk a distancebelow the flanges. Against the inner face of each side 14, is fitted arail 18 curved in conformity with edge 17 and extendingsome distancebeyond the upper end of said edge. This railhas an outer downwardlyextending bead 19 and an adjoining integral saddle 20 which looselystraddles curved edge 17, the ridge of said saddle being flush with thebody of the rail. A curved sliding lid 22 engaging doubled sections orguides 21 of rails 18 may be either opened or closed, by bein slid alongthe rails in the well known manner.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 4, 1911.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

Serial No. 606,491.

In assembling the parts, flanges 15, 16 of sides 14, are upset andconnected to the corresponding edges of top 12 and front 10 by lapjoints. Rails 18 are next so fitted that their beaded and flanged edges19, 20 grasp the curved edges 17 of sides 14 to which edges the railsare however not seamed. To secure the rails in position, they aresoldered to the front edge of top 12, and to the upper edge of front 10,by transversely extending solder joints, as indicated at 23, and 24. Bythis connection of sides 14 with top 12 and front 10, the rails arerigidly secured in position, and as sides 14 are at their free curvededges 17 overlapped by the beaded rail flanges, a reliable joint is hereformed which though unsoldered, prevents buckling of the sides or adisplacement of the rails.

It will be seen that by the construction described, the entire box maybe finished up to the attachment of the rails, which may subsequently befitted in position, ready to receive the sliding lid.

I claim:

A sheet metal box having a top, a front spaced therefrom, a pair ofsides each having an upper and a forward flange and an interveningcurved edge set back from said flanges, joints between said flanges andthe top and front respectively, a pair of curved rails each having anouter saddle curved in conformity with thecurved side section andhugging the same, and an integral downwardly extending bead intermediaterail and saddle, the face of the rail being flush with the ridge of thesaddle, solder joints extending across the rail and connecting it withthe upper edge of the front and the forward edge of the top, and acurved lid slidable along the rails.

MYER KAMENSTEIN.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK v. BRIESEN, KATHERYNE KooH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

